Yıldırım Demirören is a Turkish

Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

 businessman and the chairman of the Istanbul-based Turkish

Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

 multisports club

Sports club

A sports club or sport club, sometimes athletics club or sports association is a club for the purpose of playing one or more sports...

 Beşiktaş

Besiktas J.K.

Beşiktaş Jimnastik Kulübü , or simply Beşiktaş , is a Turkish sports club. The club's football team is one of the major teams in Turkey. The professional sports club, founded in 1903, is based in the Beşiktaş district in Istanbul, Turkey...

. He also owns Demirören Şirketler Grubu (Demirören Group of Compaines), which were founded in 1964 and focused on liquid gas distribution.

Personal life

Demirören is an alumnus of Leysin American School

Leysin American School

Leysin American School is a co-educational independent boarding school focusing on university preparation for grades 8-12 . It is located in the alpine resort village of Leysin, Vaud, Switzerland, 90 minutes east of Geneva...

. He is married and has three children. He is also member of Turkish business associations TÜSİAD

Turkish Industrialists' and Businessmen's Association

Turkish Industrialists' and Businessmen's Association is the top business association of Turkey. The current head is Ümit Boyner.The association was established in 1971....

 and TUGİAD. His hobbies are golf

Golf

Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....

and traveling.